Tapping potential of water bodies


Selangor is investing about RM700mil to deepen and widen Sungai Klang, which covers a 56km stretch of the river. - Photos: S.S.KANESAN/The Star

Selangor is rolling out a 10-year plan to study and implement an interconnected system linking lakes with river basins as part of a state-wide water resources scheme.

“There are some 98 lakes in Selangor and they are not connected to any river systems,” said Selangor infrastructure and public amenities, agriculture modernisation and agro-based industry committee chairman Izham Hashim.

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